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MEMORANDUM 2024

We help form diocesan and religious priests to serve the Church throughout the world.

We invite you to review the most significant data on the activity of the CARF Foundation.
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Mr. Fernando MartĆ­ Scharfhausen, President of the CARF Foundation
Fernando MartĆ­ Scharfhausen

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dearest benefactors and friends:

As we conclude 2024 in which we have celebrated the 35th anniversary of the CARF Foundation, I gratefully share with you some milestones of the year. Your prayers and generosity make possible this priceless work in favor of the integral formation of our children. priests diocesans around the world, a work for the entire universal Church.

The international context remains complex. In spite of this challenging environment in 2024, the CARF Foundation has remained firmly committed to the Church throughout the world and to the integral formation of seminarians, diocesan priests and religious men and women.

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Summary 2024

Consult the complete Audit Report and the Balance Sheet of the Annual Accounts for the fiscal year.
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RESOURCES RAISED

9.485.790 €

RESOURCES APPLIED

9.485.790 €

AIDS GRANTED

5.649.025 €

PATRONAT

124.120 €

ORIGIN OF STUDENTS

We support the integral formation of seminarians, diocesan priests and religious from 79 countries on five continents.

NORTHERN AMERICA

3 COUNTRIES

AMERICA
CENTRAL

7 COUNTRIES

AMERICA
MERIDIONAL

11 COUNTRIES

ASIA

14 COUNTRIES

EUROPE

25 COUNTRIES

AFRICA

22 COUNTRIES

OCEANIA

2 COUNTRIES

STUDENTS BENEFITED: 2,152

758 students study in Pamplona.
1,394 are studying in Rome.

COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN

84

ALUMNI NAMED BISHOPS

In 2024, six alumni were ordained bishops, three from Rome and three from Pamplona:

  • RubĆ©n DarĆ­o Ruiz MainardiApostolic Nuncio to Benin and Togo. Titular Archbishop of Ursona, on 14/12/24.
  • Abel LilualaArchbishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo), on 24/02/2024.
  • George Jacob Koovakadappointed titular archbishop of Nisibis of the Chaldeans on 10/22/2024, and created cardinal (India) on 7/12/2024.
  • Reinaldo Sorto MartĆ­nezBishop of the Military Ordinariate in El Salvador, on 07/20/2024.
  • Mikel MarĆ­a GarciandĆ­a GoƱiAppointed bishop of Palencia on 20/01/2024.
  • ThomĆ”s Ifeanyichukwu ObiatuegwuAuxiliary Bishop of Orlu (Nigeria), on 5/01/2024.

DOCTORAL THESES AND PUBLISHED BOOKS

Theses: 86. Cumulative total: 2,698.
Books: 61. Cumulative total: 2,214.
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